I 've been experiencing the exact same problem with Ubuntu Precise LTSP fat clients and gnome-fallback-session. I am using it in a computer lab and it's quite disruptive, with the empty top panel appearing in at least 1 out of 10 logins. I have also noticed both panels disappearing in the middle of a session but I am not sure it's related.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-panel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1078679 Title: Gnome fallback - intermittent menus on top panel Status in “gnome-panel” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Ubuntu 12.04.1, up-to-date. Using gnome fallback session on fat clients via ltsp, sometimes a user is presented with an empty top panel (no Applications menu, no Places menu, no indicators). The panel is there but no menus. This happens perhaps 1 in 20 logins and across various users and various machines. Workaround is a desktop launcher (named FixMyMenu) that the user can run that calls the following script: #!/bin/sh killall gnome-panel gnome-panel This works in the vast majority of cases, though occasionally needs to be run more than once before the menus appear on the panel. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/1078679/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
